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Robert Low's mansion-under-construction rises like Camelot off of U.S. 65, north of Interstate 44.

It sits on a hill atop a 300-acre thoroughbred-and-cattle farm called Primatara, as building supplies arrive on the backs of semi-tractors from Prime Inc., Low's trucking company.

The house, when complete in two years, will have 50,500 square feet of living space, including six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms.

The new construction you can't see is underground. It's a spectacular wine cave that is 38 feet below ground and about 500 feet in length. I'll get to the cave in a minute.

The house has two floors and a large basement that opens to a veranda and an outdoor pool with a negative grade, meaning water will flow soothingly over a blue-tile wall.

If 17 bathrooms isn't unusual enough for you, the house also will have two elevators, an indoor pool, an indoor two-bay shooting range, a bowling alley, golf and race-car-driver simulators and living quarters for staff who will work here.

The front of the house, which faces north, will feature several 32-foot marble columns. The walls of the house will be 12-inch insulated concrete. Today, the house is not much more than a shell. A very large shell.

For the time being, Low and his wife, Lawana, live in a 4,000-square-foot house on the property. They will be the only full-time residents of the mansion. Their children and grandchildren live elsewhere.

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Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Primatara, a 50,500-square-foot mansion just off U.S. 65, is under construction on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. The house, which is being built by Robert Low and his wife Lawanda, has six bedrooms and 17 bathrooms as well as two elevators, an outdoor pool, indoor pool, indoor shooting range, bowling alley, golf simulator, race-car simulator and living quarters for staff working at the house. Nathan Papes/News-Leader

Low is the founder and president of Prime. He and his wife have been planning the house for 4½ years. They have other business ventures; they own the Palace Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi.

“I would love for it to be done by Christmas 2018," says Chad Clay, manager of special projects for Prime.

How big is 50,500 square feet of living space? Let's put it in perspective.

• Columnist Steve Pokin's house, PokaTerra: 1,850 square feet.

• Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house: 11,000 square feet.

• Mount Vernon, George Washington's house: 11,028 square feet.

• The White House, Donald Trump's residence: 54,900 square feet.

• The Pensmore Mansion, Highlandville: 72,215 square feet.

• The Palace of Versailles: 721,206 square feet.

On Friday, Clay gave photographer Nate Papes and me a tour. He has worked for Low for 23 years.

The one thing he declined to disclose was the estimated cost for this mansion.

If it helps, I wrote about the house a year ago. At the time, I reviewed building plans submitted to Greene County that estimated the cost at $20 million.

On this bright morning, Clay tugs on one of the stout wooden doors leading to the wine cave. It opens grudgingly.

We enter a world of dim light, side rooms, artwork and the sound of falling water from a small pool and grotto. I feel as if I've entered a monastery.

It took two years to excavate the cave, Clay says. The ceiling is 9 feet high. If you stretched out its curves, it has 500 lineal feet; it is 38 feet below the life of the common man.

Wine caves are common in Napa, California, Clay says. They are dark, cool and high in humidity, which is all good for wine.

But wine will not be made at Primatara. It will be blended here, and it will be enjoyed here.

A steel blending tank was made to fit a particular space in the cave and has a horse-racing design made by local artist Susan Sommer-Luarca. The cave also has two murals by Sommer-Luarca.

She is known for art that features horses; she painted the horse murals on the back of the future Alamo Drafthouse Cinema off South Campbell Avenue.

Currently, there are 14 thoroughbreds on the farm. The Lows owned Steppenwolfer, who finished third in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, which was won by Barbaro. Steppenwolfer now resides in Maryland, as a fox-hunting horse.

There is a bottling room and a dining room, where the Lows recently entertained guests during the Super Bowl.

The long table seats 16 under a stunning chandelier that looks like a tree growing upside down, descending from the ceiling. The lights are in the branches.

Nearby is a bar, which is flanked by a separate temperature-controlled "wine library" with meticulously arranged wine bottles. It's 55 degrees in the library.

I look at Clay, who has a remote control in hand. He says, "This is pretty cool."

He then pushes a button and a flat-screen TV monitor magically ascends from behind the bar, filling the space in front of a mirror.

Also, the cave has Wi-Fi access.

The big-picture architect for the house and wine cave is Richard Drummond Davis, of Dallas. The nuts-and-bolts details of actually building the house are in the hands of Slone Architecture and Design, in Springfield. The general contractor is Killian Construction, Springfield.

A year ago, for my Answer Man column, Low spoke to me via email.

"We hope to create a wonderful, environmentally friendly, private residence that my wife and I and our family can enjoy for many years. We truly want the farm and residence to be a beneficial and attractive addition to the community."

According to the Prime Inc. website, Low founded the company in 1970 in Urbana as a 19-year-old engineering student at the University of Missouri. He moved the business to Springfield in 1980.

The Lows are known for their philanthropic work in the community.

In 2013, Robert stepped in and bought the historic Gillioz Theatre a day before it was slated for auction. He purchased the theater and entered into a lease agreement with the nonprofit Springfield Landmark Preservation Trust, the previous owner.

In 2006, the Lows donated $1 million toward the construction of JQH Arena at Missouri State University.

At the end of our cave tour, Clay puts on his sunglasses as we prepare to exit the cave. We step outside and return to the much-too-bright world of the very ordinary.

These are the views of Steve Pokin, the News-Leader's columnist. Pokin has been at the paper five years and over the course of his career has covered just about everything — from courts and cops to features and fitness. He can be reached at 836-1253, spokin@gannett.com, on Twitter @stevepokinNL or by mail at 651 N. Boonville, Springfield, MO 65806.